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specific haemolysin (medicine) and saloon (iou)


specific haemolysin (medicine)


specific haemolysin


A sensitizing, complement-fixing, haemolytic antibody that reacts totally or completely with red blood cells of the antigenic type used to stimulate the formation of the haemolysin.


saloon (iou)



saloon noun. E18.
[French salon from Italian salone augm. of SALA noun1: see -OON.]
a. = SALON noun 1. Now US. E18.
b. = SALON noun 2. Now rare. E19.
A large room or hall used for meetings, exhibitions, etc., esp. in a hotel or public building. M18.
a. A large cabin on a passenger ship for the common use of all passengers or only for those paying first-class fares. Formerly also, the passenger cabin of an aeroplane. M19.
b. A railway carriage without compartments, furnished luxuriously as a drawing-room or for a specific purpose. Also saloon car, saloon carriage. M19.
dining saloon, sleeping saloon, etc.
c. A car with a closed body and no partition behind the driver, for four or more people. Also saloon car. E20.
a. Any large public room used for a specified purpose. M19.
billiard saloon, dancing saloon, shooting saloon, etc.
b. Hist. A Music hall; the type of Entertainment provided at such halls. Also saloon theatre. M19.
A place where alcoholic Drinks are served, a bar. US. M19.
b. A refreshment bar in a theatre; a lounge bar in a public house (also saloon bar). E20.
Comb.: saloon bar: see sense 5b above; saloon car: see senses 3b, c above; saloon carriage: see sense 3b above; saloon deck: for passengers on a ship using the saloon; saloon girl a prostitute; saloon-keeper US a person who keeps a bar, a bartender; saloon pistol, saloon rifle: adapted for firing at short range as in a shooting saloon; saloon theatre: see sense 4b above.
saloonist noun (US) = saloon-keeper above L19.